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Monday, August 31, 2009

Among The Elephant's Foot

Short on time this morning, but I wanted to share some of the critters nectaring in a patch of Elephant's Foot along my driveway.
One of the benefits of not mowing ...

























































12 comments:

  1. Beautiful photos, you are so lucky to have this at your fingertips.

    bill;www.wildramblings.com

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  2. Fantastic, love the one with the eyes.

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  3. Love these! Great bug eyes!!

    Patti

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  4. Nice job! These are amazing photos...thanks

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  5. Excellent! We had a Gulf Fritillary here just the other day. Made us think of you.

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  6. I'm always for not mowing, and this can be my proof for why it's not a good idea to mow! Great pix :)

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  7. Heh--Elephant's foot is a critter hotel.

    Fab u lous photos!

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  8. If you didn't spend so much time fritting around, busy as a bee at school, you would have fewer grasshopper days around here. Get antdustrious and add more words. But I guess you have your priorities. Sniff. Said she who manages to crank out one only every now and then.

    Seriously. Photos are always much appreciated.

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  9. Ooh, a Buprestid beetle. Acmaeodera pulchella, if I'm not mistaken.

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  10. I love that third picture! Very beautiful!

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  11. Glad you liked these. I only had time to post em, not think about and expound on them!

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